Emergency vagotomy and pyloroplasty for perforated duodenal ulcer: study of 73 cases.
Seventy-three unselected patients with perforated duodenal ulcer were treated by vagotomy and pyloroplasty in a six-year period. Postoperative complications were commoner when the operation was carried out after more than six hours after perforation. The follow-up results were similar to those for elective vagotomy and pyloroplasty carried out in the hospital during the past nine years.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000601:surgery*; D004630:Emergencies / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010439:Peptic Ulcer Perforation / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011708:Pylorus / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors; D014628:Vagotomy